scientists: how do we stop the very infectious and damaging tobacco mosaic virus from spreading????
farmhands: dip ur hands and equipment in Milk™️ before touching them
scientists: ????wait how does that work
farmhands:
Basically all nightshades are vulnerable to the tobacco mosaic, right? So as a home gardener, washing my hands and tools in milk before handling tomatoes stops it? I have never heard of this! Does it need to be whole milk or will it work with any milk? Would it work with lactose free milk?
WAIT WAIT WAIT WHAT
I need to look into this.
farmer, looking at his crops: “he need some
milk”
Mai sentita sta cosa, ma sembra in parte vera per queste specifiche malattie (per una questione di alterazione del ph mi sembra di capire):
The Truth About Milk and TMV - Greenhouse Product News Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) resurfaced as a serious concern in production of vegetatively propagated petunias. TMV is geographically widespre Greenhouse Product NewsDisinfettando l'attrezzatura sicuramente il contagio rallenterebbe anche di più, ma il latte costa poco e per i piccoli contadini sembra essere stata la salvezza.
Non si finisce di imparare, l'avrei presa sicuramente per bufala (lo zucchero del latte non attira insettacci? Non sarebbe più semplice disinfettare gli strumenti come con la potatura?), mi sembrava un rimedio un po’ “omeopatico” 😅